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Section of China's Great Wall discovered

by ricknight | May 10, 2007 at 07:17 am

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Chinese archaeologists have discovered a section of the Great Wall straddling the Mongolian border that is the northernmost remnant of the landmark yet found, state media reported Wednesday.

The remnants of the wall, found in the Bayannur district of China's Inner Mongolia region, measures 2.3 metres (7.5 feet) wide and about 1.15 metres high, the Beijing News reported.

Built 2,100 years ago during the Han dynasty, the section also would likely be one of the oldest sections of the wall, which was begun in the reign of the emperor Qin Shi Huang, which began in 221 B.C.

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Victoria Revay

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at 12:07 on May 10th, 2007

ricknight, you are king! Thanks for the story..

Kaitlin

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at 12:08 on May 10th, 2007

Thanks, ricknight. I would love to see the wall...you made me get the travel itch.

babblingdweeb

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at 13:10 on May 10th, 2007

Good stuff! I think Yahoo has a fact or two off (I'll check my history notes) -but awesome non-the-less. Amazing stuff that they could find part of the wall -that area is a harsh desert and the sandstorms beat up most of the wall and practically erased it from the land -it's almost not even a "wall". Thanks for adding this!